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I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.

What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?

The only way for you to lost your BTC is by phishing scams or the hackers stole your private key.

What kind of wallet do you use?
Web-based wallets are tend to be insecure due to how the private keys are stored on the cloud.

I'd suggest to get desktop wallet as you have more controls of your private key, just make sure your PC are clean from malware and junks.

If you're really serious about security you can get hardware based wallet like Trezor or paper wallet, that should be enough.

There's not much you can do if your wallet gets hacked. The only thing you can do right now is just make sure that never happens. If you're storing a lot of bitcoin, you should try to use a hardware wallet to store a majority of it. There probably isn't a need to keep a majority of it on an online address or something with a lot of security flaws. Of course, hackers will come at any option that's given to them. Just try to make it impossible for them to get to the goods.

there is nothing you can do if your account has been hacked.
it's better to secure your account with double protection like using 2FA features if available and saving your seed key on a piece of paper or something and avoid storing seed key on your computer/smartphone that's very risky.

The only thing you can do if you are in that situation is cry. Cry and hope you have other money saved in the bank to live on.

It's recommended that you use cold wallet to store bitcoin. It would be safer. It's the safest way to go now.
In addition, it is recommended that you go to more than one wallet storage. This reduces the risk as much as possible.

you should be very afraid.

Make sure noone has access to your private key, devide your holdings to different wallets (with different private keys) just for the case that one wallet get hacked one day. And store them in a secure place (e.g. paper wallet in a bank safe). Do not leave your holdings on a exchange.

You have to securely hold those bitcoin in either hardware wallet or in paper wallet printed with offline computer (this can be done through bitaddress, search for guide).

If you will store those bitcoin in web wallets like coinbase or xapo than your wallet might get blocked by them without any reason.

See you need to act smart if you are having lot of bitcoins,first do not store all of them at one place especially in online wallets,they are prone to hacked,use good paper wallet and save big amount of bitcoin there.secondly don't tell anyone about private keys of your wallet,don't save it online too,keep these things in mind and you are good to go.

If you are having lot of bitcoins it is better to use hardware wallets then no one can hake your bitcoins,only online wallets are less secured other wallets are more safer only the persons who have the private key will be able to access,so buy a hardware wallet and transfer all your bitcoins there then you are totally secured bro.

Even if you have a lot or not, even if its BTC or not, we should be careful on internet sites that we click because that is the first thing that a hacker or scammer do. Do not post also your private accounts on social media. Do not enter your account details or emails on unverified sites. Theres no need to be scared on holding BTC, we just need to be alert and wise. In case of suspicious events, report it immediately to the concerned authority.

Which means if you have an accident and hit your head you forget your password - and then because you had an accident you lose all your money - and then you don't have money to pay for the hospital. Clearly this just makes Bitcoin even more dangerous when you think about it

Yes you have too. Its better to transfer coins to offline wallet or create paper wallet. Because keeping in any of the exchange is not safe.

Just get a hardware wallet weather it is a trezor or even ledger go and purchase anyone. Handling too many wallets is sometimes really hard and anyone mistake can be too costly for us. Storing in trezor ensures you don't can trust everything with just a single wallet.

Storing on exchanges is surely the biggest threat with the recent hack on bitfinex again we should really be cautious while using exchanges. What i would suggest you if you wanna trade use any exchanger like changelly it does require you to instal additional wallets and might he time consuming but it is way safer.

Put wallet.dat on a USB drive and then bury it in your back yard or put it in a safe deposit box or something.

Don't be a stupid CRYPTSY  ::)

Do not be scared, be prepared. The most targeted individuals are those people with lots of BTC and those who are using Windows. I moved 80% of my coins to paper wallets <offline cold storage> to keep them safe. I also split them in small quantities onto these paper wallets. < if I need to sweep BTC back to my online wallets, I do not risk losing all my coins in one hack. I sweep and move small amounts at a time to my Trezor <hardware wallet>

Keep the majority of your coins in cold storage and you will be fine. ^smile^

Regardless with the amount of Bitcoin you have, you should be careful of hackers. It is a good idea to HODL your Bitcoin for future but you need a tighter security especially that you have lots of Bitcoin. I suggest that you store it on a hard wallet. It is the most secure type of wallet so far and avoid clicking suspicious links.

stop using online wallet , strong password and will be save

do not share your private wallet email to public.and make strong password.or offline wallet is best for store your btc.
its my opinion

The number one mistake people make is they inability to hold and protect they wallet private key which is the wallet seed, you can imagine people saving they key on they smart phone. So to be safe and secured is to be secret about you wallet seed and password as much as possible.

Use a hardware wallet and place it in cold storage. Focus on what you can do BEFORE you get hacked! If someone has your private keys already there is a 99.9% chance you will never see that BTC again. 

Can i ask what kind of wallet you are using to store a large amount of bitcoin for you to be scared? Online wallets? Exchange? Coinbase? etc. The basic hacking 101 for them to steal your digital expensive coins is that it is stored on a hot wallet that means it is exposed everyday in the Internet added the drooling amount of the btc that is being exposed online.

If you are using hot wallet and preferred to hold it for a long time please don't hesitate to move your btc to a cold storage, that would make you ease from hacking problems just don't forget the backups that is not exposed to the Internet. If you are using an offline wallet and your backups is safe. remove your fear from being hacked just make it sure you know the basics on securing and protecting your coins.

You don't have many options. You could ask law enforcement to help you, but unless you know exactly who stole your coins and how they stole them, it's unlikely they can do anything. You can also pay for block chain analysis services, but all they can really do is track your coins if the hacker knows what they're doing.

That being said, the best thing you can do is to not get hacked. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to stay away from web wallets, as they're incredibly vulnerable to phishing. Next, don't visit shady sites and don't indiscriminately click on ads because that's a good way to get a virus. Lastly, protect your online identity with a paid VPN service and use Tor. There are lots more actions you can take, but these are the most basic steps. You shouldn't encounter too many problems if you stick to doing these.

You want to protect your private key. Make sure no one knows your private key. I suggest you do not put all the bitcoin in the same wallet. You can put bitcoin in multiple wallets. :)

Of course you are afraid. The internet world is not safe. So we have to keep in mind every step we do when downloading software and other ways to get in and collect all the information that can be the reason for your bitcoins to be stolen.

The hackers can't hake your bitcoins in the transaction,the only possibility is they can steal your bitcoins by hacking into your wallets,so you need to have good and secured wallet if you have lot of bitcoins,it is better to store in software wallet who is giving you the private key or the hardware wallets.Never tell your private key to anyone store your private key in a secured place because the people have the private key will have full access to your wallets.

I think you don't need to worry about your security in BTC if you put your BTC in blockchain don't need to worry about a security issues if you put your BTC another platform there is a many platform to put your BTC...
Go with any secure platform are popular platform.

what news is that? and why can't I find anything about it?
there is always someone who is not careful and gets hacked, but there is nothing new about it or anything increased about these kind of hacking.

there is nothing you can do except preventing it from happening. and it is so simple that you are going to be surprised how with some simple steps you can achieve such a high security level.

- for the lazy and non tech savvy: buy a hardware wallet. ... the end
- for the non lazy, look into what cold storage means. it is not hard to make a secure paper wallet, or even more complicated system with an online/offline computer to broadcast/sign transactions. here is a link to get you started https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage

You can be frightened because the hackers will definitely make the way to steal your Bitcoins. It's best to look at the website you're going to know and know it's not a phishing site. You'll see it right on the side. It should be MYETHERWALLET LLC [US] - look at my screenshots. Please be careful because we worked hard for our money and did not let it be hacked by hackers

https://i.imgur.com/h3KyTCv.png

You can never truly stop hackers because they evolve and adapt to meet new challenges on a daily basis. There are certain percautionary measures like using a two factor authentication on a reliable wallet such as coin base that can help lower risk. But consider that hackers can steal your identity and social sercurity number there is no true protect for traditional banking let alone bitcoin wallets.

You wont be be scared if you do set the best security practices on where you would store up those large amounts of btc and i would really suggest to use hardware or offline wallet which you would store up those coins together with its keys and keep it for long term and dont forget on where you do keep that offline wallet.As long you are not disclosing your privatekeys to someone being hacked would really be a tough job for hackers because no one could able to bruteforce a certain wallet if keys is unknown by them.

You dont have to worry, just store your btc in a cold wallet or in a trezor and you will be safe

Just dont forget your passphrases or pin because if you forget that your bitcoin will be gone forever.

Obviously yes! You must take sufficient precautions if you have significant number of bitcoins in your holding. Hackers can attack anyone if they come to know a particular address holds a decent amount of bitcoins. So there are few steps you should follow,

1. Never keep all bitcoins in a single wallet. Always diversify. Use a mix of hardware wallet, Offline or online wallets, cold storage wallet to hold your bitcoins.
2. If you are earning bitcoins from various methods like signature campaigns or trading activities or Gambling, never use the same wallet address in all places. Never let your earnings go to a single place.
3. Never publicly display your main wallet address to anyone and never use it in any other purpose.
4. Always use a licensed version of operating system and Internet Security package. Keep both up to date.
5. Never trust anyone in the online market.

These are 5 basic steps that I follow in order to keep my bitcoins safe. Hope this helps!

Of course you should be scared. Wallets containing Bitcoin is so prone to hacking because they only exist in digital world. You can see the address of transaction in blockchain but you cannot track the one who did the hacking. Therefore, once you got hacked there is nothing you can do.

While it's always a good idea to check if the website in question has HTTPS, it's not a complete safeguard from getting phished.
Certificates can be forged, hackers can trick you into thinking that you're on the correct website, though usually you can notice pretty easily if you're not on the correct website.

That said, I wouldn't use an online wallet to store any significant amounts of Bitcoins.

I don't think you should scared of hackers if you have a lof of BTC.Because if you have best security,  best privacy protection you shouldn't scared at all.You should be confident about your BTC.

Honestly I do get scared too you know. Knowing that I store my coins in an online wallet for a short time.
But also I agree to everyone here saying that in order to keep your coins safe, use an offline wallet or a hardwallet. Or use those that have private keys.
Unless you forgot your keys or you have shared it to others. Surely, your coins have high possibility of being at risk to hackers if that is your concern. Or in other instances, you trust a stranger with your coins as investment without any background checks or security of a return.

There is a lot of safety precautions that you can do for you to protect your bitcoin, first avoid visiting website that are untrusted or that usually offers big earnings from nothing. You can also try to use a physical wallet to keep your coins and atleast protect it from phishing website and other malware that can get your wallet credentials.

Yes because they can get all your money from your wallet. So you should protect your wallet by all means. And don't trust anyone. And don't click any links that are sent to you.

You need to use two-factor autentification and be carefull of spam at email. That's all!

You should take all possible precautions to prevent this from happening. Once it happens there is not much you can do. Don't hold large amouonts on online wallets. Keep your private keys safe. Double check everything. Be a bit paranoid about those things :)

If you are holding a lot then i suggest you buy hardware wallet, pay a little bit for a far better security for your investment. Also it's hard to crack a bitcoin wallet as long as your computer isn't contaminated by malware or you enter the seed in phising site. If somehow your btc gets hacked, then nothing can be done about it, you can't get it back and you can only blame yourself for not securing it well enough.

Make sure that you have the highest security standards which is being recommended by your wallet provider and don't be naive at all when you get emails claiming to be from your wallet provider telling you to login into your account. Enable 2FA security on your wallet as well.

Always careful do not let anyone know your private key. Do not connect your devices on public places. Do not click any suspicious link to avoid any leaked in you account.

Once your wallet or your BTC was already hacked you can't do anything about it as the process is irreversible and you will never know who got your BTC. What you should do is to avoid this event to happen to your wallet or BTC. As they say prevention is better than cure. Avoid going to websites that are bitcoin related if you really don't know that website. If youo are not into trading and are just keeping your BTC for the future better yet delete your wallet and just keep your seed for future retrieval.

Maybe you shouldn't say that you have a lot of BTC.

There wouldn't be anything you can do if your wallet or btc is already hacked. The best you can do is try to avoid this from happening. There are lots of wallet/apps/sites that offer secure storage although, you must be very cautious whenever you open it. The best to do is to only open your wallet in a separate device or PC, that is solely dedicated to wallet transactions.

ye, that's the first thing you should not do, saying "hey guys, i have a lot of money and i'm scared of thief, what should i do?"
Be wise and smart, never ever give out this kind of information in primis then, take all the precaution to keep your coins safe (you got already many great advices in this topic).
Hardware wallet it's the way to go, even better if you can put it in a bank safe but really, do not shout that you have a lot of money, there are a lot of greedy people around.

i would avoid using windows, and keep the wallets offline - paper, cold, hardware wallets, and break all in small chunks

And being afraid will help you accomplish what? Nothing at all. Instead of being afraid,  you should start doing your research. It's good that OP did.

To OP:
I know that you've been hearing a lot of things about people having their wallets hacked. But it's all because of their own negligence. It's possible that their computer was already hacked even before they have generated their wallet. It's possible that someone (in his home) has access to his computer and is also a bitcoin user and they got the bitcoins. Remember, in your own house is most likely where you'd find the thief (in life in general, not just in bitcoins).

If you are not hacked by now, then probably you are not hacked at all and you're just overthinking things. Because if you were the hacker, you wouldn't wait for a little long when you hacked a bitcoin address because the person might sell out some of his coins. You're not going to wait for that person to have more bitcoins, you just hack it right away.

If you got hacked, you can't do anything. The only indication that you got hacked is when your bitcoins are already gone, right? You and I know that bitcoin's transactions are not reversible and that doesn't change even when you have a lot of bitcoins.

As long as you are using hardware wallets or hot wallets, there is nothing to be scared off. Use trezor or nano ledger s in storing your bitcoins especially if that is many bitcoins so that you will not lose it or you will not be hacked. Going into phishing sites is one way to stole or hack your coins so beware of the websites you are entering especially if they request your wallet address.

there is nothing impossible nowadays hackers are everywhere.... but if you holding huge amount of bitcoins use wallet that you hold the private key or
use offline wallet.

You should never be afraid, just save it in offline mode like in USB or something, dont save your private keys on your pc ,email or online storage, not even exchanges, you will be fine this way..

Hackers have nothing to worry about, as long as you take care of your keys, don't click on the links from strangers, and those suspicious emails, don't click. Bitcoin is more than a few wallets to store, so it will be safe

Get a top hardware wallet, no more fear.

If you have a decent or huge amount of bitcoins and you want to still use online wallets, the use those with 2 factor authentication. Make sure to keep your private key secured and stay away from suspicious sites. But the better choice would be to use a hard wallets like trezor.

You should be scared of hackers. Remember to  take care of your private keys and never give it to anyone.
I think the safest wallet is offline wallets such as desktop wallet, usb or put it in paperwallet.
website wallet are prone to hackers and phishing,
always put some extra security to your wallet like enabling 2FA  and google authenticator so bitcoins will be safe. :)

Unfortunately many users report that they are hacked and that their coins are stolen,and most of them use online wallets-but recently many users report they desktop (Electrum) wallet are hacked.Only way to pretect BTC is to move it from hot wallets of any type and create paper wallet/cold storage-but most effective way is hardware wallet since you can use it every day and your coins will be safe.

What I would recommend to anyone who wants to protect coins is to check some of hardware wallets on this Black Friday,I just got e-mail that Ledger Nano S price will go down by 21%.

You can do something about it. You can enable phone verifaction and only use your bitcoin wallet on a safe new installed computer. Never use that computer for something else just for bitcoin only. This will make hackers have a hard time hacking in to your computer. You should spread maybe your bitcoins in other wallets, because if they hack one you can have still a lot of bitcoins.

Why you should if you know how to secure your account also if you are using your pesonal wallet ehih are connect to your computer and other if you are using hard wallet which is more safer than using web wallets which has a chance to hack but mostly if i were you i will secure it with secondary password and everyting you can.

Its better for you not to use exchange wallets as it may get hacked anytime.Unless you disclose your private keys publicly,your wallets are safe.But you should be careful when downloading the wallet whether it is from the official website or it.If not,your bitcoins might be compromised.

As long as you don't fall for any phishing sites or download any unknown scam wallets or software you should be fine.

the quality of personal account security will increase along with the increase in the number of balances btc we have, surely many people will improve their security capabilities, hackers is a disease that will always exist and that's where they actually remind us to improve the quality of security we have.

If your wallet has been hacked basically you cannot do anything, Bitcoin transactions are irreversible. But just in case you need to change wallet just to be safe because you might be a victim of phising.

You don't need to be scared but you need to be vigilant specially if you have a lot of coins on your wallet.

there are actually hackers everywhere, the best thing is to enable google authenticator.

There are two ways you should be scared if you have a bad wallet and do not know much about bitcoin and do not know how to keep it and you should be not scared if you have a good secure wallet like blockchain.

If you know and aware to some of the effective obvious ways to protect your precious coins then you are good to go. Sometimes hacked bitcoin (by individual users) are because of human error and not because of the whole bitcoin network and system itself.

Just be relax and comfortable since too much worrying might lead to an overacting action on which you may didn't noticed that you already doing a wrong thing to protect your bitcoins. There are already lots of responses here that can give you an insight on ways to secure your coins.

Hope that you understand some of the points here.


Although chances are low to get your coins back, it's still worth it to do investigation. If you are storing on offline wallets, try to analyzed the situation before the hacking scenario and take notes of all instances. On the other hand, if you are storing on web wallets, then it's depend on how it was loss, maybe because you have some errors or the site itself robbed* you.

Hackers are everywhere. So for me, you should not put your btc in a single wallet. It is just an advance thinking to keep your bitcoin safe to all hackers.

Just be sure to spread out your bitcoins to multiple wallets. Keep everything save in several external drives.  I even go an extra step and use encrypted USB's.

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If you're really paranoid than you could use an old desktop/laptop that is not connected to the internet in combination to sign transactions offline. Then you also need an online wallet to create unsigned transactions and to broadcast the signed transaction to the network. This is very safe setup for holding large amount of Bitcoin.

just keep your mouth shut (if you have a lot of bitcoin). Most people on here dont hold many coins ( i saw in a thread a while back) but those that have a shitload of bitcoin mostly remain silent about their stash. This is one way to keep from being a hackers target.

Keeping your mouth shut is rule number one when it comes to your Bitcoin wealth, but that doesn't mean you're safe from all threats coming from the internet. Even if you browse through well known sites (news sites, web shops, forums, etc) your system might end up getting infected. People quite often only focus on not clicking links, not opening emails they don't know/expect, not download anything, etc, but they ignore that browsing through websites is enough to get infected. I have experienced this once with a very popular news site, and that while I am extremely paranoid when it comes to my overall PC security. Good thing is that nothing is stored on my system since I use a hardware wallet as cold storage. I just secure erased my hdd and installed a fresh copy of Windows. No damage caused.

That's a great advice as greed is your greatest enemy. If you keep telling everyone how much you got someone may try to take it from you, you just never know.
That's why when you're keeping money at home it's best not to have a big, expensive safe. A hole in the wall behind a tile is a much safer place to keep money because every alarm can be disabled and every safe can be cracked, but you can't steal what you can't see.
That said, to a hacker you're just one of billions Internet users, he can't find you and he can't know how many coins you're holding until you point him in the right direction yourself.

Yes, I think its normal to be scared specially if you have a lot of bitcoin in your wallet, but the key to secure your bitcoin is your carefulness. Hackers will only access your wallet through phishing sites and through your private key, so you have to keep that in mind. Also use a wallet that has a lot of security features in it.

You don't have to worry if you are just holding your bitcoin in you wallet. It cannot be hacked remember that. There's a difference between hacking and scamming.  Maybe they're just being scammed not hacked. Nowadays you should be careful on transferring your btc to other btc wallet. The most famous scamming now is fishing so be careful.

This is true, other than that, you won't be hacked unless you have a famous name in the community or you are known to have so many BTC, but if you are in the cold storage or wallet that is really safe, for example electrum, then they can't hacked it easily bro. What I mean is this is one of the main features of BTC "SECURITY", if someone can break the system, then this will be a chaos and everyone will be selling all their coins.
Firsts things first is that we must know how cryptography is so safe that there is no technology today that can break the system, or hacked the system.

And yes, Trezor and paper is one of the safest, just have a vault in your house to have extra security, especially if you have 10 BTC or up.

IF you can't afford a cold storage then buy some Anti-Virus, because it is another layer of protection from harmful sites and phishing sites. ALways backed up your seeds or write it up on paper just to be sure. Your computer is a machine and you should be responsible on whatever may happen on your computer. Treat it more than your wallet and never ever trust anyone to have your seeds.

Don't trust online drives (Google, microsoft). The government might be watching you (they have eagleeye or prism project) and its dangerous to have all your files online) Write it down on paper and provide a copies and lock it on a vault at home. The best security is your own home.

Yes their are so many hackers to get your bitcoin even thou you save it on bitcoin wallet but i suggest to you that use a offline bitcoin wallet so that you can make sure that no one can hack or get your bitcoin just because it is offline that no one can see or can get your bitcoin because as my friend offline wallet must better than online wallet.

I think should be scared.
Be careful to phishing site or web and private kay.
should use lot of features security wallet,also PC security.
Awareness also should be continue .my opinion here.
Good luck!!

Only girls are scared the first time they are jumped, so many shitposts, Satoshi has Lot of BTC, can you find him anywhere? he has no fear, holding almost a million Bitcoins. speaking of hacking and hackers, I don't know why I have no longer any access to the alt coin icons, tamper monkey still shows them as enabled. lol now I am getting to feel OP's concern here.

As you hold it for long investment, If i become you, yes i should worried. What i will to do
- Don't save all your BTC in 1 wallet only. Divide your BTC in some wallet, offline wallet, paper wallet, desktop, razor, etc. There is still any chance hackers can takeover your BTC that you save on your computer or web wallet online only.
- Save all information in secure place, means you need safe-box to place your paper-wallet, hardware wallet likes trezor, ledger, etc that works for your desktop backup wallet and password.
- Giving information to your suppose or family, how to using and access it.

If I am holding a quiet long term investments of my bitvoin well I Guess I must be feel worried about the hackers. I couldn't be comfortable now that I know hackers are more quiet wiser to hacked even the most secured sites. And I've already been experience that my accounts here in this forum was hacked so I guess even my coin wallet will be possible too.

I will not fear because i won't stay all my bitcoin in one place. I will put it in separate wallet and I will invest the other part for more investment to earn more.

I think we must be aware to the possibilities that even our account hete at campaigns can also be hacked whats more on our coin wallet which we save our full effort and perseverance for a long run. So for me we must be scared so as a solution I think we must not be dependent to one coin wallet instead let's make divide our earned coin in many coin wallet.

I think the word scared seems inappropriate.
For me it will be be better to say it more careful.
You should now be more careful against phishing sites,  securing your privates keys etc.
Let us always remember our wallet will be safe as much as how we keep it to be.
We are the guards of our own wallets.

It is always scary to be hacked or have the chance of being hacked. It can happen to anyone especially if they accidentally click on phishing links or get scammed online. But if you are careful enough there is no way that anyone can target you for owning lots of btc because it would be difficult for them to check individual people's wallets. They can though track you if say you are very active buyer and seller in certain forums or market places and they see that you are using the same wallet all the time. But even then, they would have to hack the system of the people who made your wallet so if thay happens its not only you but everyone owning a wallet in that platfotm.

Yes I guess the word scared was exaggerated to be used about hacking I guess instead of being scared let's all be aware that this could be possibly happen and already happen in real world because of being useful of internet in our modern day. And speaking of awareness let's just be reapred about hackers let's secure our accounts which is the most targeted one of the hackers.

I will put it into a desktop wallet, and seldom use the computer to net, and better in Linux operating system.

Hackers are really worth being scared of, they can waste ones effort in a nick of time. Almost everone here is hacker conscious. One just have to do every thing possible to be safe from them. Like- not revealing your private key, be sure you are responding at the right channels, verify information properly before you respond, also storing your coin for too long could be dangerous. Among many others.

There is nothing to be scared of. Your wallet cannot penetrate easily by the hackers and I'm very confident of that but hackers found a way to do that, through "phishing". So you should be very careful in filling up some forms in websites or apps because if you typed your username and password of your wallet on those sites/apps, then hackers will also know it and may now robbed the earnings inside your wallet. Another tip, you should keep your username and password secret, keep your private keys and never let others know about it. Some users also divided their earnings into several wallets just in case when one of his wallet was hacked then at least he still have some earnings left on the other wallet. (it's up to you if you will try also)

Knowing the fact that hackers are spreading out there it must not hinders you to withdraw your earnings, just be careful always and everything is gonna be fine. :)

There is no need to worry about the hackers. some of them who have been hacked caused by their negligence.
as long as you avoid phishing websites that ask for your private key wallet and secure your account with 2FA verification, they can not hack your wallet.
or you can also split some of your BTC into some wallet like paper wallet, blockchain wallet, wallet hardware, or even desktop wallet. and remember 2FA verification is a must.

For me, hackers is always present but we can prevent it by securing our account and add some duplicate system, before you start  transact read it carefully to avoid mistakes or being hack.

you must keep your private key, and dont try to access your bitcoin in public access, always clear your history if you using internet with public access.
using your pc to access bitcoin.

You can be extra cautious and not to download any programs from unknown sources nowadays anti-virus and malware scanner are also not much effective against newly new malware & rats.

You can also use offline wallet and only using those private keys on a laptop or pc which has newly installed windows or any other trusted os :)

You have nothing to do after your BTC gets hacked. You can only cry and regret by thinking about your mistakes.

Those who got hacked by hackers are just because they kept the door open somehow.
Otherwise they wouldn’t get hacked by any means if they had taken necessary precautions.

Now as you are scared then why don’t you take precautions before getting hacked?
If you are using web wallet, just switch to desktop wallet. If desktop wallet doesn’t give you relief, just switch to hardware wallet if you can afford.

Always use 2fa for better safety measures.
Never download any thing from unpleasant places.
Never click any suspicious links; it may come to you by email, forum, web, messenger etc.
Try to figure out which is phishing site before entering your info, username, password. Check the domain, ssl very carefully.

As long as you are holding it correctly you shouldn't have any problems. And what I mean by holding correct is, that you are using a secure offline wallet and are pretty sure that your PC is virus free. Don't use online wallet, and if you suspect your PC isn't secure you might want to get a hardware wallet or simply use an paper wallet for cold storage.

If you actually do have a lot of BTC you should not be advertising that on here that you do. People will target your BTC address and try to find places it was used. I would suggest sending some of your funds to different wallets and holding them there. It is never a good idea to keep everything on one wallet, as that can be stolen if someone finds out your privatekey/address.

Always have multiple wallets to reduce this risk, keep them safe and secure, use anti-virus and firewalls. Don't download suspicious programs, and don't even use programs on your PC that you store the BTC on really, run a virtual machine or something.

I am afraid I have a web-based wallet Blockchain.info. Should I get some other wallet.

Dude, you are being racist or what against girls!!

I am a girl.

You are at zero risk of being hacked if you either keep your BTC offline, or have a password that is long and unknown by ANYONE.

I am using a web-based wallet Blockchain, I am sure you have heard of it.
The thing is I trust trusted this because it is a genuine company and I can generate a paper wallet also through it.
But now I think I have to upgrade to the Desktop wallet.

I think you should send all your Bitcoin to your offline wallet. It is safer than store them in the exchange.

Yes. There are a lot of user complaining about that, and there is some couple of cases that someone's account got hacked, and they even tell their story on this forum. It is indeed a scary story.
But one thing for sure, you should be scary about anything that can threaten your bitcoin even you only have a little, do not start to worry when you already have a lot of it.
In my opinion, the best and most comfortable way to secure your bitcoin is using a hardware wallet. There are some that quite popular, like Trezor or Ledger Nano S. If you can have a lot of bitcoin, you shouldnt have a money trouble for buying this kind of wallet.
You should not focus for searching the answer for your last question, as none you can do if that happens. The best way is prevention, before it happens.

If you have lot of BTC in your waller you need to take much precautionary measures to save yourself from malicious group of hackers or fishers which might gain access to your wallet by hacking your private keys.So its better you opt for 2FA security meausers and be sure that you don't have malwares or junks in your software where is your wallet. Prefer dekstop wallet over web wallet.Always keep a check over this and ensure this don't happen.

Even if  you have little or lots of BTC, you should be afraid of hackers and secure your wallet. It's your hard earned money/investment and you should be the one who enjoy it's profit and not the hackers.

You are absolutely right why should anyone else have my money.!!

I am about to create a new wallet.

Yes you should be scared of the hackers only if you are not good at managing your account for security purposes. If you know how to manage them very well and you know how to avoid getting hacked then there is nothing to worry about the security but if you are really concerned of the security of your bitcoin then having a hardware wallet is a good relief for you.

Yes you should be very scared of hackers because there are a lot of hackers active on bitcointalk and if they know you have a lot of bitcoin they will try everything to get those bitcoins so you might get hacked some day.

Security would be the main concern on here on which each wallet holder should really be responsible off on keeping their keys or informations that are important to access the wallet.Once its being kept on the right or secure place then i dont see that we should worry bit too much.If its keep from others awareness then you would be always safe the thing you should be aware is on the possible ways which hackers would lure you in. Like phishing and malwares.

Whenever you read people saying their wallet was hacked, ask them how it was hacked and you'll find they gave our their private key or seed, they used a public WiFi this is basis and you're never suppose to do this all. I don't know which wallet you use, but use electrum if you want the free best wallet, or trezor or paper wallet in case you're neither buying nor selling.

As long as you store your Bitcoin in the safest wallet like trusted online wallet or offline wallet maybe it might be protected.  And also do not use it for other things related to transactions on some sites because hackers have many ways to get what they want.

I think instead of being scared you should be aware of how a hacker can attack you, a hacker will always seek of a weak point in your security and will exploit it until it achieve its goal. If your wallet has a lot of bitcoins then it will more likely to be targeted by them though its quite impossible to brute force hack a wallet.

I will try that.
Thanks.

Yes, most of the hacks take place through the usage of public WiFi. When something becomes more valuable surely people tries to evade and get it with ease. Same is the truth with bitcoin, hackers roam around and try the best. If we're good in handling the wallet and careful while operating none can hack us.

If you really have a lot of bitcoin you should be careful in choosing your wallet, you should use offline wallet instead of using those web based wallet it's much safer that way and just be careful don't give your private key to anyone.

I agree if you are not doing wrong things with your computer you would be safe. My friend also has a lot of coins in his wallet and he has never been hacked. He is still using it.

You should not be scared because they want you to be scared. Hackers that are stealing your coins are sad people.

Donate it to all poors, then you could sleep well every night. ;D ;D
There is no way to be 100% safe in the world unless the god bless you.

since i do not hold a lot of bitcoin yet, i suggest learning more on the best security measure to avoid phishing and hackers. it is really hard to secure assets from these.

Today bitcoin is on the hotspot of the hacker. Maybe we should be worried about our bitcoin wallets but being scared is an exaggerated. Hackers are already their, even government sites have reported that they are hacked by hackers, meaning to say its already happen so if we're gonna be scared then we can't think the better solutions to just avoid our wallet for being hacked. We should be aware and keep our wallet secured enough.

The only thing you can do if you are in that situation is cry. Cry and hope you have other money saved in the bank to live on.
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You are not helping here.

If it does have a lot of worry Btc or it must exist and the fear in the presence of a hacker, but it all depends on the person must be smart to manage it. if personally I am better to hold and be tabled for the future and if in doubt some of it, because the hackers will try in any way to have what they want to have what is related to the coin or Btc of high value because no one is not maybe for him .. and can also make a very secure security with account or technological tools in use, I hope there is no hacker for Btc if indeed there will be many people who in disadvantage ..

But how can anyone crack the codes if it is saved in the phone.?

I think you should if it is not defended properly. I for example use different currencies in different wallets to minimize the risk.

No you dont have to be scared of anything unless you are not doing wrong or bad. or you do have much knowledge about your doing and if you know how to avoid losing your coins so theres no reason to be scared of something. All you can do is to focus keeping your coins in your good hands and use it on good purpose and if you have that a lot of coins theres no reason that you must try to enter a site that you doesnt know too much because maybe that will lead to losing your coins. you can lose your coins only if you are careless and attempting to access scam sites or untrusted sites of bitcoins.

Well don't be scared if your bitcoin wallet that you are using is trusted however, if you have a lot of amount bitcoin and you are not comfortable on your wallet then try yo have a offline wallet. Another way is make sure that your current wallet must have alot of confirmation before you access and maximize the use of security if that certain wallet.

There are instances that if you lost your phone, there's a chance that the hacker can find your private key in it. There's also one who had his phone repaired, but it looks like the one who fixed it stole his private key as well. That's two possible scenarios that I can think of with regards to phone hacking.

You need a hardware wallet if you are going to invest huge amount of bitcoin like Nano or Trezor. Its up to us on how we keep and protect our private key so that so can minimized the potential of losing your bitcoin. For wallet suggestion I urge to look at this website,

https://bitcoin.org/en/wallets/hardware/

No, multiple wallets is not in an option because it is difficult to manage them all. I have tried it before.
Can anyone suggest me a trustworthy wallet? which I can use it as a cold wallet.

You should be scared if someone knows about your passwords and accounts. Those things should only be private to you. Do not give that to any of your friends or families unless you trust them. If youre still worried about your bitcoin, i recommend you to use strong security wallets that can lessen the risk of your bitcoin to be hack.

Yeah, Thanks, I will make a note of it.

Also keep in mind that there have been recent social engineering hacks where high profile bitcoin holders have lost their coins because the hackers managed to transfer their mobile numbers to their own handsets. This was always accomplished by social engineering the phone company, with the hackers impersonating the owners and convincing the phone company they lost their phone and getting them transfer the service to a new phone.

If they managed to transfer your phone number to them, they could password reset your email, gain access to your cloud accounts, trading accounts, online storage, etc. basically make a complete mess out of your life. You need to protect your BTC from this attack vector, especially if you backup data on your phone to the cloud. Your phone may be physically safe but your line and cloud backups are not.

Edit: For example, if you have a gmail account with 2FA google authenticator and a backup phone-number, the 2FA can be disabled and the password reset by using the backup phone.

I am just hodling it(BTCs) for like a week or something because after that I am going to invest in an ICO.
What really happened was I had invested my ETH at an ICO but the people returned me the money I had invested in BTC. They told me that the crowdfunding was not enough and they will restart the ICO again in about a week or something till that time I just want to "hodl" it safe with no hesitation.

For me you should not be afraid to the hackers , if you have a lot of bitcoins, And just afraid when all of your bitcoin will loss, And We must be secure in our wallets and do not spread to unreliable people and you should also be updated about the site. For me you put your bitcoins on offline wallets as I do and my bitcoins are more secure. And we should also have emails in every wallet and when we forget it can be recovered.

All these hacks news are getting intense day by day
If you have atleast 1btc for long term investment, I think spending money to buy good ledger is fine, comparing yo the risk of you lost your hard earned btc

What you should do is to stop on using web/online wallets if your accounts get hacked because you can't recover those stolen bitcoins so you should just have to stop using those unsecured wallets and used offline wallets and hardware wallet instead.

I think so, because they can get all your money from your wallet. You work hard for your money so don't let hackers victimize you. You should always be vigilant and don't trust anybody so can protect your wallet.

Hello, I also want to need to know about this, because my bitcoin waller does not support private key, yes we have a password but unlike myetherwallet it has a private key that is really secure and I am also the one who can open it. I also want to know is trezor and paper wallet can just be use on computer?

Yes, this could be one of the reasons. Public wifi is open to everyone and it's very easy to clone a one or luring someone to free wifi.
And when the user uses his private keys ... boom rip btc

I think this is a most appropriate way to safe your BTC.

Trezor/paper wallet can be used on mobile phones as well. i have been using trezor on android phone for a long time now, you'll be needing an otg cable and mycelium wallet to be able to use trezor on android. :)

Thats the wrong question to ask. Once your wallet or your BTC get "hacked" its already too late.
The question you should ask yourself (or us) is how you can avoid your wallet getting hacked (Wallets can be "hacked", BTC itself not). The key to this is to use the right wallet.
First, if you have lot of btc's you should spend <100$ for a hardware wallet. With such a HW wallet your coins will stay safe, even if your PC is infected with malware.
A HW wallet is pretty handy in everydays usage. If you only want to keep your coins without spending them in the next few years and are too greedy for a <100$ HW wallet,
you could use a paper wallet. A paper wallet is basically just a private-/public keypair generated and printed completely offline in several copies, saved in different places.
Once you want to spend your coins you can easily just import the private key into a wallet of your choice (Your PC will have to be free of malware for this not leading to a loss of your funds).

I would say not really at all. No one's going to know that you individually will have a lot of coins in your wallet. Like people have said on this topic, only way to get your coins is to have your private key. I would be more afraid of phishing scams/emails rather than hacks.

You're going to be fine.

Yes you should be scared if not prevented!

Since you have a big investment in bitcoin, you are one of the people endangered in the eye of hackers. Your risk from hackers is highly potential, but you have nothing to worry about; since bitcoin provides all day or 24/7 security to secured your account free from hackers and the government support it by a criminal law that they will do immediate action once it happen. It’s the obligation of the company and the management, as well as the government to secure our investment and entire world free from scammers. It’s also your duty to be carefully enough in every action you made. You should always think smart and wisely once you give your personal information so that you account/investment if free from any bad people.

Yes, you should be scared on them. When people sees your potential in earning hackers make moves on trying to snatch your money. In order for that you have to be as wise as them. Change your password with numbers, letters and symbols. Make sure that all your account is in private which only you can see it.

If your wallet is hacked, then you will not do anything unfortunately. But you can protect your wallet. For better protection, you should be a bit paranoid: do not connect to unverified networks, maintain the correct password policy, etc.

This thread or the news is not just for me it is for all the people who has same question like me and those who are probably searching in the internet about the same topics.

thanks for the link it was very informative!

Hey, my account has not been hacked yet, I am saying how should I avoid it and if happens than what to do next.

;D Yeah I would do that.

if you have a lot of btc, you should buy a hardware wallet. I think it is affordable since you are rich with that btc. Another suggestion maybe you need to have more than two or three desktop wallet.

You have to beware of hackers all the time, your Bitcoin wallet will be cut off from the Internet, out of touch with the Internet, and it will be safe to hide your private keys.

You should store your BTC on cold and hardware wallets. That's the best way to protect your funds if you care of it so much. And don't use web wallets for big amounts of BTC.

If you are earning bitcoins from various methods like signature campaigns or trading activities or Gambling, never use the same wallet address in all places. Never let your earnings move into only a single place and never keep all bitcoins in a single wallet. Always diversify. Use a mix of hardware wallet, Offline or online wallets, cold storage wallet to hodl your bitcoins.

I just want to hodl it for a week, then I have some other plans.

good suggestion, saving bitcoins in separate wallet. i will suggest to using Ledger and Trezor, this is both hardware wallet, means it will not connect online always, but yes you need connect internet when will using it. But so far using hardware wallet in safe computer would be good option for me.

Every people should scare of hacker especially people who have lot of btc.
If already get hacked i think nothing you can do if all of the bitcoin has been transfered to hacker wallet.
Becarefull before get hacked.

no bitcoin network cannot be hacked but if u leak your private information then they may take your bitcoin or any other but it is not an easy job to hack the bitcoin

good suggestion, saving bitcoins in separate wallet. i will suggest to using Ledger and Trezor, this is both hardware wallet, means it will not connect online always, but yes you need connect internet when will using it. But so far using hardware wallet in safe computer would be good option for me.
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Yes, you can do one thing NEVER reveal your main wallet address to anyone in the public and never use it for any other purpose. Always use a licensed version of operating system and Internet Security like Kaspersky or something better. Keep both up to date.

I think yes you should be scared of hackers if you have a lot of BTC because why are hackers going to hack someone with 1 btc instead of someone with 1000 btc that seems sensible enough for me that they will hack the one with 1000 btc.

Hackers will target anyone with low security measures in place thats why we need to make it a habit not to feel lazy to enable secondary security feature like 2fa and avoiding using open networks which might expose us to hackers and dishing out of email addresses linked to our crypto wallets should come to a stop if we want to protect ourselves from hackers.

After it gets hacked there is not much you can do. You should adequately prepare before it gets hacked. I suggest you invest and buy a hardware wallet, it is very safe and straightforward to use.

the only real way of hacking is getting the private key. you should not be worried if you hold your btc on a paper wallet.
it is very close to impossible to retrieve it by chance.
all web, desktop and mobile wallets carry some risks and can be targets of hackers in many ways.

Its a caution to all members to be conscientious enough never to lose their private keys. Instead, save them offline by printing out or memorizing them to avoid the unfortunate incidence of being hacked. Do not also put all your eggs in one basket by saving your BTC in diverse wallets.
Thanks

what are you talking about is just a 1 in a million chance, The best I would recommend is either you remember the password or just use a Two Factors Authentication wallet which is one of the safest one.

When I first started collecting coins, this forum used to be full of threads in which users were lamenting about their coin stash getting stolen by the hackers. I still remember one user, who had BTC25,000 stolen from his wallet. If he had those coins now, then they could have been worth close to $250 million (including the price of Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold).

If your wallet or BTC gets hacked, chances of getting back your coins is extremely low. Precaution is better than cure. You better take steps to protect your fund rather then suffering later. Use hardware wallets to store your coins. Never reveal any kind of sensitive information about your wallet to anyone.

Then you mean to say that it can happen to anyone again??

A key step to protect your Bitcoin is to store it in a hardware wallet,it is a physical  device,like the USD drive that stores your private keys and currency locally,and is not  connected to the internet.

If you are careful, no hacker can take away your BTC. I think you should enable 2FA as this is necessary to help protect your account

I'd suggest to get desktop wallet as you have more controls of your private key, just make sure your PC are clean from malware and junks.

If you're really serious about security you can get hardware based wallet like Trezor or paper wallet, that should be enough.

Its very hard for your account to be hack if you are very cautious with your move about your bitcoin wallet. The only way to hack your bitcoin is if you input your private key in a phising website or input your private information such as password. If you are only hodling and dont have any plan to make a transaction oftentimes is you use a hardware wallet.

It will happen to anyone if they are not really careful we all know that it is not easy to breakthrough the security of your wallet, the easy is to manipulate you or you are just giving your private wallet to the hacker, like phishing that is the basic one because mostly hackers are following you finding contacts and information to penetrate you thats why if you are weak and not finding it early then you can give your coins and bitcoins to the hacker

It has maybe a low chance but it can happen. You can never know it maybe tomorrow it will happen to you and then what you will lose your key and you can't pay your debts and taxes anymore.

Thats why you need to keep them safe in order to prevent that.

Yes of course you should be scared of hackers if you have a lot of BTC i do not think that hackers want to hack people who do not have a lot of btc why should i go after one if i can get more then one that is what hackers think and know.

For now, i think phising sites to get bitcoins login information are not using hackers nowadays.
They seems going to take over your computer by getting all access information, so you should be take care fully about what are you browsing, what are you downloading, these should be come from trust able sites. This what i worried.

If you want to surf into the internet without even caring of your security then you should have another type of device or computer to use because if you don't have an extra computer for some of the things that you want to do and if you will try to do all the things in only one computer then it will be very risky for you and it is not the best idea that you can depend on.

Once your BTC got hacked, the probability of it being recovered is nearly impossible. I suggest that you have be extra careful specially from phishing attacks. Not long ago I got a virus that every time I copy my wallet address the paste result is different. You should keep your computer clean at all times.

NO you shouldn't be scared of hackers if you have a lot of Bitcoin because if you know that your account is secured and you are the only one you know it there's no chance to hack it but if your bitcoin or your wallet get hacked just report it so that both of you will suffer your account can be banned and he/she can't use it.

Certainly you must be careful. Hackers are become more dangerous now, Tether coin has been hacked $31 millions few days ago. you should store you coin in offline wallet

Well, what I say my opinion is the best and most comfortable way to secure your bitcoin is using a hardware wallet. There are some that quite popular once like Trezor or Ledger Nano S. If you can have a lot of bitcoin, you should not  have a money trouble for buying this kind of wallet. You should not focus for searching the answer for your last question, as none you can do if that happens. The best way is prevention is always better than seeking for solution after it have happened.

I do know a lot people wich has a big ammount of bitcoin and they have the coins outside any exchange and out of the radar of hackers, ledger and others ways to store their wallets, some of them had printed the seed as well, the best way to stay protected is choose a reliable wallet and dont use the computer for nothing else. Hackers usually are getting acess because we surf into the web and they know those soo they are creating the virus to get easy money, but with 2fa, a strong password and dont open suspected websites will let you play with your coins without issue.

But you must remember something that even if you sure that there's no hole to your account or your account have been securly kept from your own opinion, there'll always some kind of hole that the hackers can get to.
Always be aware of your security and trying to always improve the security. however, best choice is to use offline wallet so that even hacker can't get into it.

Save all your coins on trezor or a ledger, till you keep it on an online portfolio you are ever under risk.

If you are really hodling a lot of coin I would suggest it is better to do some precautionary measures to safe guard your coin. Keeping it in an online wallet is the most vulnerable way to keep it. I would suggest using a paper or a hardware wallet is best to secure it.

Once your Bitcoin was already hacked you can't do anything about it and you can consider it as lost, so preventing it to be hacked is the best move to do.

It is every owner's responsibility to protect their bitcoin. Since bitcoin's transactions are irreversible we should always protect our wallet because once your bitcoin was already transferred to another address it is impossible to get it back unless you can identify who the owner is and file some legal actions.

Yes, you should. Because the hackers are more and more dangerous now. So you should be careful. You should put a small of coin in the exchange to trade or for fee. The rest should be store in offline wallet.

If you have a lot of bitcoins in your wallet and your wallet got hacked. There's nothing you can do but to pray for the hacker to give it back to you. But,  there are ways to prevent your wallet get hacked by hackers. For now, dont worry about about those people who had their account hacked. Just think about your own safety first. First, avoid clicking unknown links or links that seems suspicious, before you proceed on clicking it, aks some members or get help from members here in the forum if they knew that link. This is by avoiding phishing sites that may stole your account once you click it. And the second one is, never post in public, give, and tell your wallet's private key to anyone. Only choose those people you thrust the most for keeping it. But sometimes those people you thrust the most also betrays you. That's why keep your private keys for yourself. This is by avoiding your wallet to get hack or stole your bitcoins.

Definitely, The easiest way to get Bitcoins is to hack someone's wallet, it became a trend for all the hackers and lots of people are trying to do it. Buy a trezor or ledger nano and keep your bitcoins and altcoins safe.

yeah, cryptocurrency era has spawned a whole new generation of scammers, phishers, hackers and the like. better beware!

I have btc stored in electrum.  I do have a password i put in it if you want to send btc.  Thus if you send btc, it ask for your password.  However, i did not put a password there for the encryption of the btc balance.  I also used electrum litecoin where i keep litecoin and when i click on it, i have to put the password in order to view my litecoin balance and history etc.


To those that use electrum, do you encrypt your wallet where you have to put a password on it before you can view how much btc is showing on balance?  Because if you don't, when you click on electrum wallet, it shows your btc balance etc.


I use windows.  What precautions can i take since i use a computer for it?  For example, i asked on a thread where i said if someone had access to my computer, could they install a keylogger or malware or program and then hack my electrum?  I was told yes.  This is true right?  I feel it has to be true since i read about people who download the wrong electron cash and then got their btc stolen... so that means if someone computer savy got your laptop, then you have no more bitcoin?


People say use cold storage or hardware wallet.  What exactly is cold storage?  The thing is what if you use electrum a lot to send btc to and from etc.  Would cold storage work for that?  About the hardware wallet, you mean trezor or the ledger right?  So if you had a hardware wallet, its impossible for someone to hack your bitcoin wallet?  So if you have trezor, you dont need electrum anymore?  So if you download the wrong electron cash on your computer but use trezor, your bitcoin are safe?   But what if someone had your computer and your trezor?  I assume they still need to know something for your trezor and if so what is that?  Is it a password or a number code?


Now let say you dont have a hardware wallet and just use electrum or exodus or your computer.  Well if you put a password on your computer at startup, is that enough or not?  Like if you put a password for windows before startup, its the one where you have to type it before you can use your computer... is that enough?  I did hear its easy to get by that and the windows password is useless.  Is that true or false?  I also heard people mention bitlocker or something like that.  Can someone explain this?  So having bitlocker would protect your computer information if someone had access to your computer?  Thus if they had physically possession of your computer, they would not be able to view your computer without a password?  Because i want to know what is the way to make sure no one can log into your computer if they were to say have access to it.  I assume this is the number 1 thing you could do to protect yourself besides not clicking on links etc?


Also there are tons of links and signatures here from poster etc.  Is there a very good chance some of these links posters post here are keyloggers/malware where clicking it could mean your bitcoin wallet such as electrum get hacked?

You should not worry if you have taken enough security precautions while holding your Bitcoins. However, consider the following checklist while making sure about security.

1) Maintain Offline Wallets - You can either use securely generated paper wallet or buy reputed hardware wallets like Trezor to keep your funds offline. It doesn't matter to hackers if you are holding your funds online and maintaining all security guidelines because generally there is a possibility of hacking of the database on the server side where you can't do anything about it.

2) Diversify - Try to diversify your funds and make sure that you are not keeping a high amount of Bitcoin in any single wallet. It will help you to spread the risk among multiple wallets.

3) Backup Options - Make sure that you are maintaining multiple backup copies stored at safe yet various places having no unauthorised access. In case of hardware wallet, you can keep seed keys secure.

Its depend if where wallet do you put to store your coin, i think before you collect bitcoin, first you should search about wallet want to use, then pick a strong password also dont tell to anyone your personal info. There are a lot trusted wallet to choose but just be careful when you pick wallet.

No you should not, Just make sure to always take precautions and do not click the unknown links that are being sent to you by unknown users because it might be a phishing site. Phishing sites is the only way for you to get hack because the password and private keys of wallet is incripted.

You can depend on the highly suggest wallet of professional traders and it also depend on the coins that you are holding on what wallet you should choose. The best thing to do is look for the information before choosing a wallet where to hold your coins.

Yes, I think that is the best option because all others are suggesting the same.

The thing is I have to, because it is just for a short time I a keeping the BTC, after 3days I have other plans for it as I am investing on an ICO. ;)

I have nothing to be scared of. As long as you know how to keep and secure it,
hackers won't do anything to steal anything from your BTC.  ;)

I think you should be. We have a lot of reports of bitcoin being hacked everywhere, although there are no really solid evidences for such happening, what are you going to do if ever if happens to you (with your lots of btc). If I am in your place, Id rather not stock my bitcoins in one wallet, try to divide it in many wallets so if ever one wallet got hacked, at least not all of your btc is gone.

I think you should be careful with your bitcoin. I believe bitcoin is very safe but we shall never know when you will be hacked or not, there are many cases recently shown that bitcoin has been stolen from users wallet. So make sure you keep your password safe.

If you invested in hardware wallet and generally keeping a low profile, why should you be scarred? I think BTC price drop is scarier think if you have lots of them  ;D

Oh it is not Bitcoin that is unsafe but rather it is a wallet that is unsafe (in case of WWW wallets) or the user's computer gets compromised. Or the user voluntarily discloses his or her password.

So Bitcoin is safe as a protocol. It may be unsafe how you handle your bitcoins

The only way you will lose your bitcoin is by hackers using phishing website cause it needed information about yourself once you logged in to that not secured page you will lose all your bitcoin so be careful about hackers.

Before thinking of what you should do IF you get hacked, i think its more important to focus on securing your private keys so you won't be hacked in the first place. I don't think it's that easy to hack btc wallets and all you need to remember is to keep your private keys to yourself and make sure you don't give it to others. Or get paper and hard wallets since these have less no no chance at all of getting hacked.

In the world of Internet data security is the most important thing. Even if chances of being hacked, one must take steps to make his kind of information secure that is on the Internet.  Bitcoin is a very expensive digital asset.

It is about $9,500 the holder must be careful about its security. A strong password will definitely help but the most significant step is to not trust anyone and never give away your credentials whenever asked by any website.

It only depends on your wallet. If you are using a wallet that has been trusted by everyone like professional traders that are trading day by day then i think that it is enough already to become secured on your coins.

always check your privacy securty and do not for any reason sent your wallet security personal to any one any site and you will be safe

It is the hard task for the hackers because the bitcoin has a lot of the wallets so the bitcoin is very bright and I hold the bitcoin and helping a lot of the people I hope the bitcoin will be able to be more safe because it is now possible and the bitcoin is being happen to buy the bitcoin and hold it as the bitcoin resource I have the bitcoin is now being invest by all the people and my all friends are investing in the bitcoin fearlessly.

yes you should be afraid of hackers cause sometimes wallets are scams so becareful where you store you bitcoins

Dont be scared if you know you put your bitcoin in secure and safe wallet, even you have a lot or few of coins. Just stay away from promising wallet because they are scams, also dont tell to anyone your password or private information. Also you must have backup of your wallet, atleast you can get your coin anytime if something happen.

yes you should be afraid of hackers cause sometimes wallets are scams so becareful where you store you bitcoins
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Wallets?? scams?? what are you talking about, can a wallet be also a scam technique?

As long as you are safe you should be ok. Private keys have to be kept safe and be careful of phishing. There can always be a fear that wallets themselves are not safe but paranoia creeps in when you start to think too much about it all.

What are you talking about I am a Girl..

As per my acknowledgement hacker never know how much BTC particular wallet have within it. They always try to phishing user to get trapped. And once trapped can get whatever amount it have in it. Now its another part if hacker got big amount. But everyone who use web or any online wallet must have to take security measures against own wallet and keep them safe and secure.

If user holding big amount of BTC then

1) Don't put all eggs in basket
2) Keep wallet backup private, safe and secure
3) Never share own credentials to anyone or even online
4) Use desktop wallet with paraphrase
5) Keep your computer clean with reputed updated antivirus
6) Use Hardware wallet

These preventive measures can help to keep your Bitcoins more safe.

if its hacked then you are done, nothing can help you now. it is better to have desktop wallet or separate your btc in multiple wallet.

I sugget that you spread your bitcoin over many distinct wallets as possible , so in the case one wallet get hacked , you still can save the other wallets ,  it like a jerry mouse game .

Precaution is better than cure. Always try to keep your account safe with 2FA Security and also try to keep your private key much more personal. Also if you have a huge amount of bitcoins, then you can store them in a offline wallet or paper wallet, etc. Securing your account much more as possible can keep yourself safe from hackers.

Yes of course if we have millions of btc then we should be wary that hackers will steal, all we have to do is divide bitcoin into some wallet, use all kinds of wallet such as offline wallet, web wallet, paper wallet and so on.

Of course you should be scared if you are holding bitcoins. hackers are looking for their victim to steal what ever you have in your wallet. You should be very careful when you are using internet and making any bitcoin transactions. Most hacking method hackers are using Phishing method to steal your information especially your private key or password of your crypto wallet.

I strongly recommend that use multiple wallet to store your bitcoins so that if the hacker hacked your wallet he cannot there will be bitcoin left into your other wallet. You can also use hardware wallet like Trezor, ledger nano or paper wallet. Always be vigilant for any suspicious malware when you are using your computer.

Paper Wallet and Hardware wallet shall be the best choice, and if using web wallet or exchange wallet better apply or adopt for extra security.
And I also agree, better to divide your Bitcoins or whatever coins you are holding into several wallets.
If you are taking too many precautions, then you can be calm and tension free, but better not let it slip out of your mind.

I am sure his bitcoin is not the largest, people have lost so much in past. No form of wallets is the safest just be extra  careful. If your bitcoin is subject to othe're security try to put your eggs in many basket just in case as earlier said

I felt the same when I started my journey with Bitcoin. I couldn't afford any hardware wallet so I decided to use a paper wallet. After a long time, I decided to buy a Ledger Nano S which is quite good. Honestly, I think I should have bought a Trezor. I don't use anything beside Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum so it wouldn't be an issue. The most secure way would be to use an old laptop with some linux distribution installed on it. It's easier to download a malware on Windows than on Linux.

Every shining star has some drawbacks with it. In case of bitcoins hacking is the most sever drawback (apart from volatility). Bitcoin transactions are irreversible so yes hacking should be a nightmare for you.

Holders of bitcoin should make sure that their bitcoins are safely stored and that they have the maximum security available for their wallet, thats the most important thing or else they are going to risk losing all of their bitcoins which i tell you, you may never recover from the shock of it.

I imagine that those who own a lot of BTC never leave on exchanges, or very little and very well scattered

If your bitcoin gets stolen there is nothing to do, that is why most of your efforts needs to be directed at prevention rather than the cure, that way the risk of losing your bitcoin goes lower, in my opinion every single person that has an amount of bitcoin greater than the cost of a hardware wallet should get one.

I suggest using Trezor or Paper Wallet because hackers certainly will not be able to access it, unlike the cloud storage.

Make sure that your wallet does not get hacked because if this happens there is not much you can do after that. Take all the required precautions like keeping your PC clean from viruses, making sure you don't click some phishing link and similar. Paper wallet or Ledger would be the way to go.

Do you think Ledger nano S is 100% safe? Do you believe if I plug my Ledger in an infected computer it will not hack my private key?
Just wondering around  :o

I will not be scared in that kind of situation because after I registered to myEther wallet I saved my private key in a USB and I also write down my private key in a notebook and locked it down in a security vault in which can accessed by my finger prints only. I also invest myself in the newest anti virus and anti hacking software so that's make my worries about that situation goes away. 

Precautions are better to get rid of anything is what I believe.
If we are careless then we are keeping ourself in trouble, I recommend you to maintain cold storage wallets, ledger Nano S, secure your account with 2FA verification authentication, avoid phishing websites, avoid public access and clean your history. Hackers always exists so prevent it by securing with proper authentication. Ensure you prioritize never clicking any suspicious links; it may come to you by email, forum, web, messenger etc. Do figure out which is phishing site before entering your info, user name, password. Check the domain, ssl very carefully.

Just be always cautious every time when you go online... avoid logging in into public wifi, you should invest into your personal wifi and spend some of your bitcoins in softwares such as anti virus, anti malware and anti hacking softwares to secure your privacy and data. It's better to act now before it's too late.

You know how the saying goes, "better safe than sorry"! Online privacy and security should never be underestimated, even if you dont have a large amount of money invested in cryptocurrencies.

Always take care of your computer and wallet's integrity and try to avoid phishing and hacking attempts made by malicious users.

You shouldn't be scared. Fear of hackers is going to lead to you getting your Bitcoin stolen, for sure. Instead, you should do a lot of research into how to keep your Bitcoins safe and secure from hackers. It really isn't all that complicated. There are many ways to keep them safe and the number one method by far is creating a paper wallet.

yes that is right you need to be much more careful, because hackers always remain as active to find clue how to hack your account, you need to have doubt security layer for your wallet which can give some extra protection.

It is a good idea to make a few wallets. If you have a lot of Btc You should keep them  in different purses. And think about your internet securyty.

No need to be afraid of hackers, they are just a bunch of useless people. Stay relaxed and always keep Private Key safe, so your bitcoin will be safe forever.

BTC have safe wallet and system it’s hard to be hacked.

use trusted wallets , clean PC , stay away from unknown sites , save your .dat file and will be safe

You havd to do something before your wallet is hacked because after hacked you can not do anything.
Make your wallet security complicated like 2FA, it will help to secure your wallet.

Yes you should be scared of hackers no matter the amount of bitcoin you have. Hackers are the biggest threat we have in the crypto currency world and so you must be careful with your wallet details and mind what you click online.

This is why people need to take care of their coins, people have hundreds of bitcoins but are using a pirated copy of windows to store their coins, it is obvious that money is going to get stolen, it is like leaving your wallet with a lot of money in the middle of the street.

The only way you will lose your bitcoin is by hackers using phishing website cause it needed information about yourself once you logged in to that not secured page you will lose all your bitcoin so be careful about hackers.

As long as you're not exposing your private key. Then your bitcoin is in safe wallet, nothing to worry about. It's all about carefulness, think before you click. Be aware of what you're trying to download. There's something there that we didn't know (virus).

With the rising value of bitcoin, many hackers now have added incentive to commit their crimes as they wish. Protect yourself by keeping your bitcoin portfolio in a private wallet where you only have access to your private wallet. Keep small quantities on an exchange  when you have to trade.

No I am not scared that hackers might be able to access my wallet where I stored a lot of BTC because I am fully aware of the ways in which could jeopardized my data security and in addition to that I have my most precious private key stored in a room guarded 24 hours by a dozen of security personnels which is inside a very secured vault where it required a retinal scan and password to be able to open the vault. I will certainly do all of that safety precautions if I really have a lot of BTC.

to easy to hack :D

Yes even if you are very sure that your system is protected you still need to be aware that anytime someone will hack you for that you need to keep on making sure that you are only visiting safe sites, installing non virus software, be aware on pishing sites and always changing your password from time to time to prevent hack.

The safest way is to keep it on a hardware wallet or on a offline pc , and keep a backup somewhere.
I think with values this high there will be even more attempts.

Seems like every website in the worldwide web were all phishing sites. Nothing can be trusted nowadays, since day one were the internet could generate a lot of cash by all means. I was wondering, why there are still a lot of people being victimized despite of warnings and exposes. Maybe, it's also their fault through their end. They might be not contented on what they have, still looking for other opportunities or ways to earn more cash. Fraudsters knows how to catch someones weakness and they will attack when and where they would be vulnerable, taking advantage of this will make innocent and greedy deceived, in the end, they will easily succeed.

not much to do after hacking. before you get hacked:
- secure your email account.
- use unique and powerful keywords for all online accounts.
- enable two-factor authentication.
- or you keep it in your hard wallet.

I think yes... I should be scared of hackers if I have a lot of bitcoins because we all know that hackers never stop in searching ways in how to access anyones private datas and hackers are also getting more sophisticated day by day. Since you have a lot of bitcoins then I would suggest you to invest yourself in the most up to date anti virus, anti malware and anti hacking software so you will have a greater chance against those hackers who will gonna rob you of all your hard earned bitcoins.

Well if you get hacked then there is nothing you can do since transaction is irreversible. But You should not be scared of hackers but you need to be vigilant.

Most common way to get hacked
-connecting to a public wifi
-via email (phising sites)

Yes if you have some btcs and don't want to sell it for next few years. Please keep them offline, lost hackers are looking for minimum active user account to hack their btc. Minimum active user account, generally don't disturb them trying again and again till success. Please don't share your private key anyone.

if you want your wallet safe do not use a web-based purse and you should check that your computer is free from malware and most people now choose trezor if you want your wallet safe. if your bitcoin is lost no one is responsible for it

Hackers are often through your computer virus or vulnerability to steal your private key, daily computer maintenance and antivirus.

Secure all your private details and read first before clicking any sites and entering your details. then you should be fine

I don't know about this, I think the main reason about some users being hacked was their wallets. I can't confirm if some wallet sites are secured, some maybe a victim of keyloggers and some watching eyes. Some hackers are not found on the net, sometimes you must be aware of your surroundings. You don't know what type of people are watching you

you should not be afraid of hackers if you have a lot of bitcoins you just need to do is just do not commit and do not share information abount on your profile with people you do not need to avoid scammers.

Do not be afraid of hackers if you have a lot of bitcoins just need to do so do not scatter lots of bitcoins and do not tell them to avoid scammers.

Store your bitcoins in an offline wallet. Once you keep your bitcoin in an offline wallet no one can access it but you. Most of the hacking incidents that you are hearing it happens majority with the online wallets. but once you store bitcoins in an offline wallet you are safe.

Yes ofcourse i could be scared because everything now can be hacked specially in online transactions, so we must be strictly by being secure our accounts. Always dont trust to the unknown website and avoid logging in to the public computers and make sure to log it out everything you use it.

You should, we all do
With huge amount of btc, first thing to do is having your own hardware wallet. After that, I am thinking splitting my asset to several wallets, depends how bigh my portfolio is
I just cant risk all my money in one place

you shoUld be scared of hackers even if you have a few bitcoins or even just a litlle cryptocurrencies. THE point is that they ate doing everything they can to steal and rob and it doesnt matter if its big or few. it matters that they can get their hands on them

You should do is make better safeguards. For example, always updating antivirus and always keep the Private key you got.

There is nothing that you can do if your Bitcoin wallet has been hacked. But in order to prevent it from hackers hacking your account, I strongly suggest that you need to have an updated Antivirus on your computer, secure the Home Network especially if you're using WIFI, don't open a suspicious email, if you are on a hotel, airport or in the coffeehouse, always use VPN and avoid website that is not secure.

^ Great advice...and don't forget or lose your password(s).

I would suggest for you to buy a physical wallet, one of those USB ones to be safe. If not, you can have multiple wallets dividing some of the BTC you have on them, it will cost some fees to send them but its better to be safe than sorry. Also, make sure you have enabled the two-factor authentication. On my iPhone I have it set so only using my finger print the wallet can release funds to other addresses.

The hardware wallet is the safest choice to store a tremendous amount of Bitcoin because it doesn't directly connect to the internet which is open a possibility of getting hacked, like the recent Electrum wallet vulnerability. It's essential to store it in an offline wallet and handle it with extra caution. Because of the technology of the crypto extremely secure, the money can be refunded if it getting hacked.

Thats why I use hardware wallets, they are super secure when it comes to bitcoin. Use hardware wallets to save your bitcoins and ethers.

You should be even if you already just have a little less amount of bitcoin or other digital currencies in your wallet. Keeping it safe at all time is always necessary because a single mistake can cause you your goodies.

Ideally you should not keep too much bitcoin. The first reason is the price of bitcoin is very erratic, do not know whether it will increase sharply or sharply in the future. So when you feel profitable from investing, sell them immediately and retain a bitcoin. The second reason is that if you do not know how to get the best security for your bitcoin, hackers will take advantage of that to steal your bitcoin. You better buy cool credit cards.

According to Bryce Boland, Chief Technology Officer of FireEye, the chief of the cyber security agency, Bitcoin's value of about $ 20,000 per medallion and the value of the cryptocracy ecosystem exceeds $ 600 billion. That is why cybercriminals (Hackers) are increasingly targeting the Bitcoin users and cryptocracy exchange, especially in the Asia Pacific region. Safety warning to Bitcoin users needs to be serious.

Maybe you should be scared in many hackers that's why if you have a lot of bitcoin is requested that you can have an offline bitcoin wallet for you to be secured or make a two factor air for your wallet to be secured from any hacker because if you have a lot of bitcoin the hacker is Greedy for your wallet to get hacked and steel the bitcoin in your wallet and enjoy it without any hard work.

Just a reminder, be careful with your password. Don't give it to anyone. And no, you don't have to be scared since bitcoin wallets are provided with security codes giving you the best security of your investment.

There are many ways to protect his fortune, but like anything worth a lot of money, there will always be smart guys to divert all the security system to seize it.

If you don't have just "dust" of Bitcoins, I really recommend you to get yourself a hardware wallet, like Trezor or Nano Ledger S. It doesn't matter how much you pay attention, you could always make a mistake, and a virus or a trojan or whatever could steal your Bitcoins. With a hardware wallet you are protected against this risk. Otherwise do yourself a cold storage wallet. You will find information online on how to do that.

what if you own other altcoins that doesn't work on the nano ledger s?  Wouldnt it make more sense to buy a new computer solely for storing btc and every other altcoin etc?

Don't tell anyone your private key and don't click on suspicious links on your pc and you'll be fine.

Of course you will have to worry about your bitcoins especially if its a lot. I myself got hackd this week. I didn't add 2fa to my account because I am confident that it won't get hacked since I barely open it or anything. I think i opened it like 3 times since I created that account. I just use my main account and send my bitcoins there to save it. And then one day, bam! My balance is lost. If i had 2fa enabled that would've been prevented.

I learned it the hard way. Always be careful and dont be confident.

mistletoe, what bitcoin wallet did you use or was it an exchange?

Hey all got a question.  If you don't have a nano ledger s and store bitcoin in a desktop wallet like say electrum or armory, do you have to make precautions like if you are buying a wireless mouse or usb or external hard drive to make sure you buy from a legit site like amazon as oppose to say ebay or 3rd party from amazon?  Because the wireless mouse or usb/external hard drive could possibly be refurbished or used etc and connecting it to your computer could possibly give a virus?  Or its advertised as new and been used?  I read online that a mouse is too small to up a virus but if its a wireless mouse, that would be different because of signals? 


But a usb or external hard drive certainly could have a virus?  Curious about a wireless mouse.


I had not thought about this until now. 

They way bitcoin operates is secure, the insecure thing is where you store them. The device is hackable but the algorithm of bitcoin not. So you can minimize the risks of being hacked, the best way is to store them in hardware wallet, or in a device always offline.

You shouldn't scared to hackers if you know how to keep safe your account or wallet no body can hacked your bitcoin. Just make sure that you use a cold wallet with security and never attempt to click any suspicious website will appear on your screen. Ofcourse dont let someone knows your private key.

Yes you should since you are the target of those bad person. They will do all things to steal your money so you shoukd be careful enough in all actions that you will do.

Yes, you should be scared since the eye of hackers are in your account. I think you should be careful enough in all informations that you will provide in order to protect your wallet from any threats  hacking.
Aside the company itis your duty to be careful in all actions that you will made.

if you have lot of bitcoins store them in different places.always use hardware wallets to store your bitcoins because hackers can't hack  hardware wallets.i think that is the best way to store your bitcoins.if you are using online wallets don't give away your private keys.don't click on phishing links.don't share your email address in public.lot of scammers send phishing links to email account.use a best virus guard for your computer.it will remove malwares like Keyloggers from your computer.

Basically there is no security guarantee if we save bitcoin, but I suggest to divide bitcoin into some kind of wallet, so if there is damage or stolen by hacker then there is still another.

The hackers are very dangerous, although bitcoins are stored very carefully in the electronic wallet, but the hacker still find the ways to steal bitcoin. I think people have many bitcoin will be very worried about the hackers. I think they should be more careful in storing bitcoin in order that hackers can not steal their bitcoins.

No need to scared of hackers rather
it's better to secure your account with double protection like using 2FA features if available and save your seed key .You should logout after using your account,and use user id and password  such a way that which is not used in other site

Well I still have those old vintage version of PC which is a 386 and its still running as of this time, this version of PC which used floppy disk where I've saved my private key and Lotus 123 as my spreadsheet application and most especially it is offline never connected into internet even once so I think hackers won't be able to accessed it. I only connect to internet with my other PC with complete anti hacking ang anti virus program which I heavily invested to keep my system being hacked.

I think not because I also save my private keys in my financial ledger all kept in the same room where my 486 computer is kept with 2 door locks in which the keys are always with me. My other PC which is connected to the internet are installed with the latest anti hacking and malware software for safety precautions.

You probably should be afraid of them of you don't really take your security seriously. I think you should just transfer your funds to a paper wallet or cold storage if you're going for the long run of hodling. Try as much as possible, to not stay connected to the internet.

If you have few or many bitcoins, then you should be afraid of hackers and secure your wallet. It's a hard-earned investment and you have to be the person who can enjoy the benefits and not the hackers who can have but all the certain circles or groups that can defend it. 8)

If you have a lot of BTC then you should be more worried about the increasing number of physical assaults of criminals forcing their victims to transfer bitcoins into their wallet. They aren't just after cash anymore, they want your bitcoins!

There's really nothing to be scared about if you have done all of the precautionary/security measures in order to protect your BTC. Those who were hacked and are now complaining are those who were simply careless. They may have been fond of clicking on unknown/suspicious phishing sites which gave hacker access to their accounts/wallets. This should be a learning for all of us.

There is almost nothing you can do if your wallet got hacked and your BTC's got stolen. The transaction may be traced and identified. But I'm pretty sure the culprits won't bother giving back what they took from you. So all we can do to prevent being hacked is to be vigilant and do whatever we need to do to safekeep our investments.

You should be scared of hackers if you're an idiot, not if you have a lot of BTC. There's no way for anybody to hack your BTC address, just by knowing the address. They would need to compromise your computer, and this would only be possible if they know who is the owner of that address (ergo YOU). So if you're careful, and keep a low profile, and don't make yourself a target, you'll be fine.

Ofcourse you should still be scared. Prevention is better than cure. Cryptocurrencies are virtual since things do work through the use of technology. Technology is complicated so I think despite of the strong security of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, such instance is still possible to happen.it is still better to be scared but prepared than to be so confident.

Well you should not really be scared of them instead you will just have to be cautious of the things that you may be doing online. There are lots of sites that may steal your information that can be used to hack your wallet or some phising sites that offers a great offer but then they will just steal your account. There are really lots of hackers these days even with some small amount of btc can also be a target. So I suggest that we just have to be safe for our accounts to prevent such hacking incidents.

Social engineering will make up 99% of attacks. Get a paper wallet, take a picture of it, encrypt that picture, and put the paper wallet in a safe deposit box.

it is inevitable that some hackers could get into your account but it all depends on you, you must be careful regarding phishing sites, careful what you clicked and always remember to get your wallet secure.

Of course,hackers nowadays can hack everything,which is why we should be using hardwallets so that our bitcoins will be protected from these hackers.Also it is suggested to use metamask extension to protect your browser from getting into phishing sites or potential websites.As far as i can see they have emailed me some phishinh sites,but the metamask extension has saved my ass from getting hacked.

If you have a lot of BTC, you should be scared of hackers, because basically we play online and it's very vulnerable to hacking. Therefore, you should be wary of hack attacks. Prevention is better than fixing. So in anticipation use wallet hardware to protect the bitcoin you have. Really, whatever the price of wallet hardware is not a problem if it's for more secure.

If you hold a lot of BTC then I would recommend getting two hardware wallets and downloading a software wallet to your phone/desktop.

Set up alerts to watch your addresses with blockchain.info here - http://blog.[Suspicious link removed]/2016/05/31/how-to-use-watch-only-addresses/

That way you'll get an email alert if your account is ever compromised and you can try and prevent the hack.

Never share your private key with anyone and use 2FA on everything possible!

The probability to lost your bitcoins, stole your private key and account. Much better if you use hardwallet so they can't easily hacked your btc. So you need to be careful in what you do and say because if you do mistake of it even a little one they will lost everything you got now. Don't trust anyone when you talked about it because this is a huge thing that you need to care and protect.

You can lose your BTC for example at the stock exchange if it is hacked or if you are logging in through phishing sites or if you do not correctly store passwords and do not fully protect yourself.
No problems whatsoever if you are careful when working with exchanges and purses, store passwords on paper, work best through Linux.

You shouldn't tell  about your private, keep it in secret.  Devide your coins to different wallets with different private keys. If you have a lot of BTC, use wallet hardware to protect the bitcoin you have.

I'm also very afraid of hackers trying to take Bitcoin out of our hands. But I believe, as long as I keep it very carefully and always in case I will not lose all the Bitcoin I have. Because Bitcoin that I have today I also hold up for the long term and I will sell when the price is very high.

What are you saying? All hacking attacks were successful only because of the fact that people did not respect security rules in your network.

I think that having a lot of bitcoin does not mean you should be scared of having the bitcoin stolen from you by hackers and other people who might try to have your data stolen. To me it might be scary knowing that you would have that kind of money around. However, I do still believe that it also needs and means that you should be more careful and should kore look forward to having a much more safer data privacy and to ensure complete awarness on the internet

please advise a reliable website where you can download cold wallet. I'm new to this, and I don't want to screw it up.

Yes because at the end of the day we're still responsible from whatever happened to our wallet because we all have the chances to protect our assets. They say prevention is still better than cure so before hackers can think new ways to hack then you should be think the other way around. I just can't imagine the feeling when we see all our coins are gone in just a minute, all our hard works can disappear quickly.

The possibility of hackers steal your Bitcoin wallet could happen, you can not do anything if it has been interfered by hackers.
But before it happens, you have to make sure it will not happen.
You should save your private wallet well. Often do cleaning history and cookies.
If you save a lot of bitcoins, you should try using a hardware wallet to save most of it to make it more secure than storing BTC in the online wallet.
It will minimize the hacker's actions.

yeah of course. You must be afraid about the hackers here in bitcoin society and this will be the sign that nowadays we must be vigilant in every people we encounter. If you have a lot of money or bitcoin,  it is the apple of the eye of the hackers and scammers here because they want that too.

If you comply with all security measures and do not treat this negligently, then you do not have to worry, under negligence I understand, keep passwords on your computer with Internet access, go to suspicious links, etc.

I feel like it's worth worrying about if you keep your bitcoins on hot wallets. If we are talking about a cold wallet, then without the physical pressing of the  button it is impossible to steal your bitcoins. Personally, I use the hardware wallet Ledger Blue.

Yes you should, because the number one mistake people make is their inability to hold and protect their wallet private key which is the wallet seed, if you have many accounts there is a possibility that you might forget some of its password and if you are saving they key on your smart phone. to be safe and secured is to be secret about your wallet seed and password as much as possible.

For me yes. You should be scared of hackers if you have a lot of bitcoin because if the hackers hacks your account or your wallet they can get your money because they are trained in hacking operations. I think if you have a lot of bitcoin you need to be careful to care your bitcoins and to become safe your money for future rather.

The very definition of it was it was hacked, thus, you cant do anything about it. all that HArd earned BTC are all going to waste by being hacked by another. Once hacked, it will be transferred to his own personal wallet to be converted to FIAT to be used in his own benefits. To my own experience, some BTC of mine was hacked and due to this I was prompt to withdraw it into FIat every time the price would go up.

well, thats a bit scary on your side. but i think getting hacked depends on what softwares you put into your computer. bitcoin technology is secured it just depends on the user if he/she is giving information on the hackers.

Being cautious and being alert is a good thing. We live in a world where almost everything is done online. If you're not careful about the information you provide on the internet, it might someday have a negative impact on you. If we have a lot of BTC, I guess we better keep quiet. Never tell anyone orally or online. Hackers won't be after you if he doesn't know you have lots of coins. Hackers don't work carelessly, they work systematically.

Use hardware wallet like ledger nano because it's very secured and can protect your bitcoin away from the hackers.

For what fear? we still have enough security to secure. only a few careless people lose their assets to hackers. but now this security is very good

You have to make a good press investment to check the addresses that you send You must check that any of them have such a bituminous life Your life can be dangerous Because people will kill each other Man has gotten close to you I hope we will have such a big money but we are not in a position to freak out.

Don't visit any suspicious website, get additional security like use hardware wallet or Paper wallet. Essentially you have to be careful in acting and always improve security.

it all depends on you if you are not careless maybe your wallet is safe save your key wallet in a safe place use desktop pc.
do not take into account the most important hackers self-awareness for your wallet

It is difficult to protect it for 100% but the hardware wallet may be helpful. And I advise you not to tell anybody, including your friends and relatives that you have a lot of bitcoins. The less people know about your money, the better)

That problems is always facing now by lots of people... Hackers and scammer are dominating now the social media and probably here also...  As for now it is very hard to secure or Bitcoin because even our true account can easily  penetrate by this kind of people who has a mentality like this...  It scared us because we didn't know what will happen in the future...  Holding money in wallet is good but make sure that you used tha most safest Electronic wallet....  Just be aware of scam and hackers...

Don't be scared, for me regardless if you have a lot or just few, these Bitcoins are from your hard work, time and effort so it should be automatic that we put its security as a priority. Always be on your toes, don't just answer emails, click links or anything, always beware of those sites that you are going into. Another important thing is, secure a hardware wallet, and be careful of the people whom you will give your trust to. All these should be enough for you to ensure your Bitcoin's safety.

No you should not be scared because your bitcoin is secured and safe. There's a chance only to being hacked if you trust others. The easy way to keep it is to remember or check it everyday and trust yourself only.

If you stick to a hardware wallet you should be safe, even if you have a big amount of bitcoins. As far as I know, no one has violated the safety of a ledger until now...

The more money stored in your wallet , the higher security standard you have to set. That's the rules , you'll automatically do it for yourself to swipe the insecure feeling up.
Own an offline and hardware wallet are necessary without third party , you know the next level about that. Don't be scared but be more careful.

Yes you should be very scared of hackers because there are a lot of hackers and if they know you have a lot of bitcoin they will try everything to get those bitcoins

You should damn shaking if you don't protect your precious bitcoins. You of all people should know that hackers are active and are always active these days; preying over unprotected wallets and exchanges. Just invest on an offline wallet or cold storage.

It is better  if you use a hands on wallet. There are plenty of good wallets out there. It is better to be safe than sorry. Do not get cheap on wallets as you u are storing a big amount. And they are not that expensive also.

Yes you should be very scared of hackers because there are a lot of hackers active on bitcointalk and if they know you have a lot of bitcoin they will try everything to get those bitcoins so you might get hacked some day.

You shouldn't scared to hackers if you know how to keep safe your account or wallet no body can hacked your bitcoin. Just make sure that you use a cold wallet with security and never attempt to click any suspicious website will appear on your screen. Ofcourse dont let someone knows your private key.

This is the fear of bitcoin users so far, the vulnerability of a wallet to be hacked. Until now there is no wallet service that can provide security to its users. With that, we must use all available security facilities to save the assets we hold from the hackers.

i don't think you can do something if your wallet gets hacked. if this happened - this happened, unfortunately you cannot reverse it. the only thing you can do is - not let this happen to you. please, make sure that you are storaging your private key not in the pc.

I think you should not worry! There are enough tips to protect yourself from hackers! Do not store all your coins in one place, use two-factor authentication, try to change passwords more often and use a separate device to enter!

where do you store your bitcoin ? what wallet are you using ? just store it on the hardwallet.
if you store your bitcoin on the exchange wallet or web wallet or something that you not only you have control, it is not secure.

Just study the safety rules.
Strictly follow them.

Learn software wallet and community reviews.
Avoid phishing sites.

The safety of your bitcoin/assets relies on you. Put some antiviruses on your device and make sure its always updated so you wont get phished. Do not store you private keys or passwords on a cloud storage. If necessary, write it on a notebook and also make sure it wont be lost or get wet. Do not trust anyone by sharing your private keys. People changes when it comes to money. Hackers today are so aggressive so always be safe.

Firstly i shouldnt be scared because, Even if you have a lot or not, even if its BTC or not, we should be careful on internet sites that we click because that is the first thing that a hacker or scammer do. Do not post also your private accounts on social media. Do not enter your account details or emails on unverified sites. Theres no need to be scared on holding BTC, we just need to be alert and wise. In case of suspicious events, report it immediately to the concerned authority.

You should not be afraid if you store your bitcoin on your wallet and not in exchanger. But its more safe if you have hard wallet because hardwallet almost unhackable. If you decide store in web wallet, make sure that your private key safe from others peoples

Keep your private key safe and dont just logged in through any link sent to your mail as it might be phissing site that want to hack or have access to your private details..

If your wallet has been hacked you will not be able to do anything because let's say your bitcoin is gone. Therefore you should be more careful with the wallet. And install double security.

of course you have to be scared of hackers, they have the ability to render you broke or bankrupt in a minute, and he fact that you will never get to see your coins ever is the most painful bit. upgrade your wallet security and be very carefull on how you handle it for maximum security

You should not be afraid of hackers. You just have to be more careful and secure your password keys very well. Avoid phishing sites and websites that might infect your pc with malwares used by hackers to enter your computers.. I have friends who got hacked a month ago. Based on our opinion, some type of malware accidentally entered their pc without their knowledge, i think this happened due to their own negligence, they typed-in wrong websites and from there awaits the hacker to do their evil plans. Putting malwares into their computers that's how they got in and stole their holdings. That is why you should be aware of entering sites and double checking what you type or you might ended up like them.

Yes you should. Everyone should because it is important too. Be aware in hackers and make sure that your bitcoins will be safe so that it won't be back by others.

When you talking that you have a lot of bitcoins you should be scared of everyone, hackers will never start doing anything to people without knowledge about their wealth.

There is nothing You can do if your  wallet account is hacked .The best thing you can do to prevent hack is to store your bitcoins in a hardware wallet like Trezor,Ledger etc.  :D

   There is important information about Blockchain and cryptography that needs to be known. If a wallet is created, it is almost impossible for the password to be broken, and if you lose the password, you will lose your wallet forever.
   If you have Bitcoin, you can keep it in your own wallets. But there are a few things you should pay attention to. Fraudsters can not break your wallet. That's right. But it could infect your computer with a virus. It can play the information inside your computer. So you should not have your wallet on your personal computer. And do not save it to online connected devices.
   There are also external wallets right now. We can call it Ledger. These are a little safer. You can keep the assets you have here.
   The last thing you need to keep in mind: Never have a lot of Bitcoin on stock market accounts. Your wallet may not be hacked but the stock market may be hacked ...

you do need to be afraid, in the sense of trying to be more careful in maintaining and using your bitcoin assets. do not ask how if your wallet and bitcoin are hacked, but you have to find out and ask how to avoid it. in the internet world, the possibility of a crime is always there, whether in the form of fraud and hacking crime, all we have to do is keep cautious and follow the existing developments.

You cant do anything if your BTC or wallet gets hacked, but you can do something before anything like that happens. What you need to do is use a separate computer or OS for storing your BTC if they are worth more than you can afford to lose. As this way you will only be using that OS for sending and receiving bitcoins into the wallet and not be doing any other thing on it.

If you don't keep your coins safe of course that you have to be scared of hackers.
Don't ever use exchanges as a wallet, don't keep all your bitcoins in just one wallet so use multiple ones and use different kinds of wallet. Harwallet is especialy recommended. Then you could say that you've done everything to protect your bitcoins but don't ever forget that absoulte safety doesn't exist.

Exactly. You don't have to be scared but you have to practice vertsin precautions especially if you have a lot of btc. Personally i'd advise you to invest in a hardware wallet. I agree that one of the worst things you can do is to store them in an exchange since they're prettt much not your property as long as its in there

You just have to keep your BTC private key, your BTC will be safe!

Hackers generally attack exchanges because there is a lot of money flowing!

Stop using online wallet,strong password have anti virus and malware software install.

You should'nt be scared if you know how to secure your bitcoin, just be careful in opening some site that you dont know because hackers are so smart they can easily get your accounts or private key, so if you think the site is not good dont open it for your safety and for the safety of all your accounts. If someone hack your bitcoin then you can nothing to do with it because they will urgently get your money when they open it.

Probably yes. If you have any amount of bitcoin more than what you can afford to lose, and keep it on a desktop, well thats where you make the mistake (Online wallets are out of the question, I hope you know that they are too insecure, due to the fact that there may be many vulnerabilities in their servers and the customer cannot do anything much to prevent theft of money in those cases). Any large amount of BTC (the word large is relative, what might be large for me, may be less for you) must be kept in a cold storage. Even if keeping a small amount of bitcoins on your computer of daily use, just for the sake of ease of usability, its extremely essential to always keep security maximized, and the computer needs to be always kept malware-free.

Due to the security of the blockchain structure, most attacks are exploits found within the already existing architecture of the system, that allow it to remotely send data over networks, even in some cases, secured ones. So the most exploitable link in the chain is the end user. The best practice would be to split up your funds, definitely invest in a hardware wallet, secure and good ones like Trezor or the Ledger Nano S, use cold storage, and ALWAYS backup your private keys.

I imagine that those who own a lot of BTC never leave on exchanges, or very little and very well scattered

If your wallet is hacked, then you will not do anything unfortunately. But you can protect your wallet. For better protection, you should be a bit paranoid: do not connect to unverified networks, maintain the correct password policy, etc.

If you are a technical person then I think no one will be able to hack your wallet. For the blockchain technology this is difficult. But I insist you should not be subjective and do not put eggs together in a basket.

As long as you don't fall for any phishing sites or download any unknown scam wallets or software you should be fine.

it's better to secure your account with double protection like using 2FA features if available and saving your seed key on a piece of paper or something and avoid storing seed key on your computer/smartphone that's very risky. Hoặc là to transfer coins to offline wallet or create paper wallet. Because keeping in any of the exchange is not safe.

You should be scared of hackers, even your trusted friend can be a hacker. (peace)  ;D
Use a strong password and etc that will secure your wallet account.

Yes of course you should be, because hackers can get your btc by simple click. Just keep clicking many sites that not familiar to you. Just be careful and keep your password very well.

Yes you should, so becareful of your transaction, don't get tricked by phising websites and don't forget to always on the 2FA.
Keep safe

The most important thing is to keep his bitcoin on a hardware wallet and divide it into different address inside the hardware wallet.
But yeah, do not ever connect to unknown network which is often to be a bait by hackerto penetrate your PC and steal your identity

Of Course you need scared of Hacker espesially if you have big amount in you wallet. All you can do is don't do something which dangerous. And also you need some extra protection like buy hardware wallet and etc.

Be careful in everything, make sure your Bitcoin accounts are kept confidential and password protected. Use high security devices for smartphones. Or your computer, please set the password all related items. and save it safely. Do not join but do not trust.

Even with only the Crypto dust, you have to keep your assets secure. It is not just a loss of money but also a lot of risk involved. And when you have a large amount of Bitcoin in your wallet, the more you have to improve the security of your assets. But you do not need to be scared. The property is yours, think of using it appropriately, and preserve it in the best way.

I think if you have a lot of bitcoin but you are very afraid by hackers I think it's normal, to avoid hackers better you keep your assets are in blockchain.info directly because there provides a bitcoin wallet that is very high security.

If you have a huge amount of btc then do not store it in web wallets or in any online wallet. Store it in your ledger nano or in paper wallets. Storing it offline is much more safier than saving it on we wallets wherein you can be targeted by hackers. So anyway just be careful and if you are going to hold your btc in web wallet or in any wallets available make sure to diversify your bitcoins in different wallets so that if one wallet is gone you have many wallets more.

yes of course it can make us keep our bitcoin. Because hackers are the most nefarious actions or bad people for those of us who have bitcoins. What's more if you have a lot of bitcoin that we must keep as safe or a stronger guard suapay not taken by hackers.

yes of course because if we have bitcoin it's the same we have to keep our treasure. What's more if we have enough bitcoin, it's very damaging if a hacker picks it up. So we have to keep up really safe bitcoin.

You should not be scared of hackers because if you know how to keep your wallet safe no one will hacked your BTC. Like me I used myetherwallet and I only used metamask so it will not be hacked by the hackers out there.

After it gets hacked there is not much you can do. You should adequately prepare before it gets hacked. I suggest you invest and buy a hardware wallet, it is very safe and straightforward to use.

people are to blame for the loss of their funds. Do not comply with basic safety rules. Look for the necessary site through Google without using bookmarks. Or store private keys in the mail and other easily hacked places. A vivid example of hacking Ian Balina's Google account

just keep all your information private and your wallet on your computer which has no viruses

the best way to get your inforamtion secure is cold storage IMO. keeping you wallet on your computer with internet connection do not protect you at one hundred.

The device cannot have several antiviruses. And as you know most of them are not so much effective. I agree with you that the private key must not be stored in a cloud storage. Meanwhile, no one can get an insurance against hackers' attacks.

I think, if you have so much money invested in Bitcoin or other crypto currencies, you'd better do everything possible to put your pc in safe conditions. I would recommend you to keep your wallet's private keys on a paper and hide it somewhere. do a backup on a memory stick. these are just some of the recommendations, I think there are more))

yes of course you have to be afraid of hackers you have to do a nice move to protect the btc you have

In that case you lose your money - no-one can help you.

That is why Bitcoin will ultimately fail, it is far far too risky in terms of security. Hackers will always be better than the average user or average investor

If your wallet is hacked, then there is no way to recover your loss. The only thing you can do is to prevent hacking. The cold wallet is the best place to store your BTC!

The biggest danger of using the Internet comes from hackers, because data vulnerabilities can be fixed and compensated, but hacking can make you bankrupt! And you don't have any way to recover your losses!

As a matter of concern this should be the first part of information one should know before acquiring btc for the first, since it is a valueable then every necessary security should be provided for it, Some external storage would help

I don't think so.

We all should as there is always that possibility, all you can do is have your computer as clean/safe as you can and don t have any keys written down in a file in your computer, always have them on paper somewhere safe or in a memory stick, because as long its not connected to the internet its safe from hackers.

From a certain perspective, i am very fortunate because I don't have the trouble of being afraid of being hacked. Since you have a lot of bitcoin, you just need to cost a little money, which is buying a hardware wallet to store bitcoin.

You should use hardware base wallet. It's best tool to protect your BTC avoid hacked

think positive. Instead of complaining , you should rather work hard towards the security of your bitcoins. You sound like you're having lots of them and i would love to sleep in your home haha. just kidding.  Make sure you don't usually login to your bitcoins account on computer. I would recommend   
you use an app. There is an app for blockchain. I usually use that one and make sure you have strong password and enable all the securities which would make your account strong like 2  factor authentifications and that all that .

Hi, you're doing well that you've decided to hold the bitcoin and not sell it. If you have already decided on this option, you should keep your bitcoins safe by doing so - save your privkeys and best would be the decision for some of the cold wallet. Personally, i just heard about hacked exchanges and wallets that were on the exchange. For this reason, it is my advice, not to keep your investments on the exchange. They can guarantee you for your cryptos, but certainly not in full 100% height.

i think there is really no cause for alarm, no reason to be scared about loosing your btc, the only way that can happen is when your private key is leaked out, if not then the blockchain wallet is the best protected and secured wallet to store bitcoin.